Calculate Rectangle Perimeter: Area = 96 Square Units

Question

If the area of the rectangle below is equal to 96.

Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle.

00:00 Find the perimeter of the rectangle

00:03 The perimeter of the rectangle equals the sum of its sides

00:09 Opposite sides are equal in a rectangle

00:16 Let's substitute appropriate values according to the given data and solve for the perimeter

00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Since in a rectangle every pair of opposite sides are equal to each other, we can claim that:

$AB=CD=12$

$AC=BD=8$

Now we can calculate the perimeter of the rectangle by adding all the sides together:

$8+12+8+12=16+24=40$